One person was killed and 19 passengers taken to hospital when an inter-city train collided with a crane and derailed outside The Hague. Emergency services said the train was carrying…
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India: Namibian cheetah relocated to India’s Kuno National Park dies
One of eight cheetahs flown to India from Namibia in September last year died on Monday. Namibia’s environment ministry spokesperson Romeo Muyunda said the cheetah, aged five, died of kidney…
Uganda: Authorities briefly close main expressway after bomb scare
Uganda’s police on Wednesday briefly closed a busy expressway that connects the capital, Kampala, to the country’s main airport after a security scare. A bomb squad was deployed to conduct…
Mozambique: Bus operators halt travel to Durban after attacks
Mozambique’s transport operators have announced that they will no longer cross into South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal province because of growing insecurity on the road. Bus and taxi operators would stop at…
Nigeria: Authorities probe Lufthansa for alleged mistreatment
The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority has begun investigations into the alleged maltreatment of more than 200 Nigeria-bound passengers by German airline, Lufthansa Airlines. Local media said the carrier last Friday…
Greece: PM Mitsotakis seeks forgiveness from families
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has asked for forgiveness from the families of the 57 victims of this week’s train crash. In a Facebook message, Mr Mitsotakis said that “in…
Greece: 32 dead after trains collide near city of Larissa
Two trains have collided in northern Greece with the loss of at least 32 lives and dozens of people injured, emergency services say. Rescuers have been working through the night…
Peru: Delivery man caught with ancient mummy in his bag
Police in Peru made a surprise discovery when they searched a delivery man who came to their attention for acting drunk at an archaeological site in Puno. Inside his cooler…
Philippine: Bodies found in plane wreck on Mayon volcano
Rescuers have found the bodies of all four people on board a small plane which crashed into an active Philippine volcano last week. Authorities on Thursday confirmed the deaths of…
New Caledonia: Australian man killed by shark at popular beach in New Caledonia
An Australian tourist has been killed by a shark in front of horrified onlookers in the French Pacific territory of New Caledonia. The 59-year-old was swimming about 150m (500ft) from…